• adverb:   in the area or vicinity

  Example: "A few spectators standing about"

• adverb:   all around or on all sides

  Example: "Dirty clothes lying around (or about)"

• adverb:   in or to a reversed position or direction

  Example: "About face"

• adverb:   to or among many different places or in no particular direction

  Example: "Wandering about with no place to go"

• adverb:   (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost'

  Example: "The job is (just) about done"

• adverb:   in rotation or succession

  Example: "Turn about is fair play"

• adverb:   (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

  Example: "In just about a minute"

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